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- noun Plural form of
mandate . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
mandate .
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Examples
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Remind him that if there is an insurance company mandate, there will be other mandates from the people.
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The way to fight these insane mandates is to CHANGE that portion of the bill, not to question the legality of having health insurance.
GOP challenging constitutionality of health bill mandate 2009
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As you are no doubt aware, there have been recent mandates from the federal government that govern your healthcare package.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Well, My Health Insurance Policy Just Became Illegal 2010
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However, given that government's mandates from the people is to be in areas that don't have good metrics, I rarely see them do much worse jobs than business placed in the same constraints.
Misunderstood, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Yet, despite billions of dollars of available grant money and mandates from the president and governor, thousands of local residents must live without high-speed Internet.
Lance Mannion: 2010
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Yet, despite billions of dollars of available grant money and mandates from the president and governor, thousands of local residents must live without high-speed Internet.
Do we really want the whole country as addicted to the Web as I am? 2010
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It is simply unjust and a violation of the rights of so many Hispanics that the most vital policy mandates from the Supreme Court are issued in English only.
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For the record, many progressives opposed mandates from the get-go, and many others were willing to tolerate them only on condition that a ROBUST public option existed as a safety valve, and jumped ship when the latter was no longer on the table.
Matthew Yglesias » The Price of Depression, the Upside of Optimism 2009
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A soon as insurance companies are forced to take individuals with pre-existing conditions, eliminate all yearly or lifetimne and get socked with vene more mandates from the federal goverment, businesses won't be able to affored coverage and then drop their health plans like flies.
Gibbs: For congressional Dems, public option 'a means to an end' 2009
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In defense of public schools, look at the unfunded mandates from the state and federal governments imposed on schools requiring the extra staff.
Staffing of Schools, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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